Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)

[LOZFFVII]

11 hours ago, WWDragon said:

 

Well the thing is all events I seen were reruns or collabs, this is the first event that isnt a re-run or a collab for me.

Still 200 cubes I hope will be enough to get some ships, like the derppy CV and UR is UR ... will try, hope 200 cubes will be enough and if not ... well, its not.

200pulls for UR pity is 400cubes.

...But you'll have to be pretty unlucky to need to pull 200 times to get her (although it did take me 174pulls to get NJ in the last UR event, but then I think I had Shinano in less than 80pulls).

At the very least, you should take a look at that reddit post I linked to, as it is a very helpful guide on how to stock coins and cubes for events. You might even be able to partly bridge the gap from 200cubes to 400 by doing so.

Either that, or you can upgrade yourself from f2p to minnow and buy cubes with cash (this is a joke, nobody who plays this game recommends spending your gems like that).

[Zemeritt]

1 hour ago, WWDragon said:

50 pulls, no Shimakaze and I run out of coins so I guess I am done.

 

The event will run 2 weeks, no need to throw in the towel already

[LOZFFVII]

All build-only ships acquired in 40 rolls.

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1st 10:

 

2nd 10:

 

No event ships in 3rd 10, so I didn't bother screenshotting.

4th 10:

 

Only Chikuma and Yamakaze left, and I don't need to roll for either.

I don't think I need to point out how my luck here is totally different from the NJ event.

 

To absolutely nobody's surprise, Shimakaze has a ton of torpedo-focused skills. She gains a barrage on torp launch, applies a special flood to any of her torpedo hits, has a cross-fleet torpedo barrage, AND buffs DD torpedoes in both the fleet she's in and the fleet she's not in. Now she just needs her quint launcher and the homing d**do to make her perfect.

Oh, and her secretary animations are amazing. Both her default art and her skin.

I'm so happy she's finally in the game.

 

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3 hours ago, WWDragon said:

Edit: I was stupid to even roll, learned my lesson ... only the light construction single daily roll and thats it.

So you made 50 rolls, only using up half of your total cubes, and you're set to give up because it's the middle of the week and you won't gain most of your coins back until Monday (when the weeklies reset)?

Maybe if you followed this handy guide on Reddit, that I've suggested to you twice already, you'd see how easy it is to farm coins or cubes for UR events. EVEN WITH THE EVENT STILL RUNNING.

 

 

Don't give up on the banner, just do the 3 builds a day for event points and you'll see some ships come in eventually. Hell, even if you're still low commander level (which I doubt, as you've seen one collab event and one rerun since joining, which is two months worth of time and exp to level up your commander), I doubt that 6 cubes and 4500 coins is using up all of your daily resources.

Tip for future events/updates: DO NOT accept the coin and oil mail bonuses as soon as they come in. Mark them as important and leave them in your mailbox - you'll get used to seeing the red number in there after a while. This way you can cash them in on short notice to help you get event ships (especially UR events, as UR ships get the pity mechanic).

[LOZFFVII]

6 minutes ago, WWDragon said:

I have no coins, almost no oil left so yes, I AM giving up on not only this banner but ALL banners because I am left with nothing and no, its not "just" 50 cubes ... its 73 and counting.

Would you like some cheese to go with your whine?

This reddit post. Read it.

Or are you one of those people who refuses to accept friendly advice when it's handed to them on a silver platter?

[LOZFFVII]

Just now, WWDragon said:

I already do that, its not going to be enough because I cannot generate that many coins, cubes? maybe but coins? hell no.

What's your commander level and the level of your canteen/merchant?

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Living_Area#Canteen_and_Merchant

Says here, even at level 2 merchant, you should be receiving enough coins per day to do a 3-build of the event gacha.

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Task#Daily_Tasks

You should also be receiving 2300coins per day via daily tasks, regardless of commander level. Save that extra over seven days and you have 16.1k coins. That's enough for another 10 build.

You can also earn 14k on your weekly tasks that refresh every Monday. Wow, that's almost enough for another 10 build.

This is NOT difficult maths.

Now go back to my previous posts and read that goddamn reddit post.

If you're still having problems saving your coins, well that's your damn fault. Stop spending your coins on limit breaks, weapon upgrades or whatever else you're spending them on.

 

 

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It's late and I'm starting to get tetchy.

I should probably go to bed, ready for work tomorrow, before I say something I'll regret later.

 

[LOZFFVII]

I'd just like to make this clear:

I am currently at work, so I'm potentially getting in trouble with my boss, just so that I can help you see the wood for the trees.

I do not expect thanks for this, I just want to make you aware.

 

10 hours ago, WWDragon said:

I am spending then on progress,

Then stop spending them on progress.

Rule of thumb for f2p games: when an even is on, drop all attempts as progress and focus on the event. Events are time-limited, the rest of the game isn't.

10 hours ago, WWDragon said:

I dont have 3-4 fleets of lv 120 ships,

You don't need that.

10 hours ago, WWDragon said:

I have one at 110's and a few ships around the 100's with everyone else at 70s and lower.

This is all you need to complete the event on Easy. The highest level enemy you're likely to face on Easy is lvl70.

The only thing you get for completing on Hard is a trophy that sits in your dorm. You can get this on a rerun.

 

10 hours ago, WWDragon said:

all I got from this event was the CV that is apparently crappy,

Who said that?

From what I can tell (I don't have her maxed yet), Katsuragi is good.

10 hours ago, WWDragon said:

all I got from this event was the CV that is apparently crappy, another IJN DD that is nothing special and a freaking light cruiser that seems meh ... yes, I cannot use oil for coin farming because that means missing out on the event map for the SR cruiser

So, you got 3/4 drop-only ships, and you think that's a bad result?

SR cruiser is available in the point shop for 8000points - you can easily get this by the end of the event. Even by grinding on Easy, which should be doable with a 1-1 fleet (1 ship in main fleet, 1 ship in vanguard) to save oil, especially if you have ships already lvl100+.

 

10 hours ago, WWDragon said:

 as I am at 74 builds

Okay, let me do the calculations.

200-74=126.

For 126builds you need:

126*1500=189000coins.

126*2=252cubes.

There are 13days left of the event.

13*6624(coins per day from merchant)=86112.

13*2300(coins per day from daily tasks)=29900.

13*4(cubes per day from daily tasks)=52.

2(number of times you can clear your weekly tasks before event ends)*14000(coins from weeklies)=28000.

2*12(cubes from weeklies)=24.

 

189000-86112-29900-28000=44988. Roughly 30builds short of pity.

252-52-24=176. 88 builds short of pity.

10 hours ago, WWDragon said:

 I have exactly 77,

I'm assuming that's cubes. So, you have about 38builds in your remaining stock.

88-38=50 builds short of pity.

 

As it turns out, it's your cubes that are your limiting factor, not your coins (something I realised earlier, but you were so down because of spending every last one of your coins you couldn't see it).

 

Okay, now for a bit of probability to show why it's still worth pulling on the event banner, even if you don't have to resources for pity:

You are 50 builds short of pity, so 200-50=150.

Question: what are the odds of getting Shimakaze (1.2%) in 150 builds?

Well, y'see, that's a difficult question to answer, as you're likely to not go for the full 150 if you get her at, say, build #34 (as I did).

Let's ask a different question as an example: what are the odds of rolling a 20 on a 20-sided (1/20, or 5%) dice in 5 rolls?

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Easy: 1/20 for lucky roll 1 + 19/20*1/20 for roll 2 + 19/20*19/20*1/20 for roll 3 + 19/20*19/20*19/20*1/20 for roll 4 + 19/20*19/20*19/20*19/20*1/20 for roll 5.

Well, fractions are annoying to deal with, so let's convert those into decimals:

0.05+0.95*0.05+0.95*0.95*0.05+0.95*0.95*0.95*0.05+0.95*0.95*0.95*0.95*0.05=0.05+0.0475+0.0451...+0.0429...+0.0407...=0.1787

Or, in an understandable percentage, you have a 17.87% chance of rolling a nat 20 in 5 rolls.

This example shows two things: 1)that it gets progressively more difficult to calculate odds of getting something the more times you do it; 2)that the odds of something happening become greater the more times you do it.

Fortunately, there's an easier way of getting to point 1: The odds of not getting what you want.

So, to calculate the odds of not getting a 20 in five rolls, you do 0.95^5 (0.95*0.95*0.95*0.95*0.95) = 0.7738.

A 77.38% chance of NOT getting a 20 in five rolls, or a 22.62% chance of getting a 20 in 5 rolls (note that this is higher because it includes all the times you got your 20, but kept on going anyway).

 

Okay, so, now to apply this to Shimakaze.

1.2% in decimal is 0.012. The odds of NOT getting her in a single roll is 0.988.

We need to calculate for your maximum rolls, which is 150.

So, 0.988^150 = 0.1635.

16.35% chance of NOT getting Shimakaze in 150rolls, or 83.65% chance of getting Shimakaze in 150 rolls.

That's better than the chance of activating Big E.

This is why it's still worth your resorces investing in getting Shimakaze over the next two weeks.

Yes, it's not 100%. But it's better than 0% if you give up.

[LOZFFVII]

Just got Chikuma from the point shop.

...I remember thinking Bismarck's skills were like reading War and Peace, way back then. Chikuma's first skill alone is like a full novella detailing an all-purpose CV support debuff to your enemies.

Her second skill? Gives Chikuma buffs when she suffers the slow effect from her first skill. Feels like the only reason they put this as a separate skill was so the first one wasn't completely impossible to parse. The second skill is no slouch for word count, either.

[Zemeritt]

Then maybe the concept of a gacha game is just not for you @WWDragon

Azur Lane is already one of the gacha friendliest game on the market with lots of F2P options to get cubes and coins.

 

It took me 100 builds to ge Shima. I also had to wait and farm some coins to get her. But it'S only the 3rd day of the event. I'm certain if I'd continue on with my 10 builds, I'd reach the 200 within the next 4-5 days.

 

But I don't need to. Chikuma is the only ship missing and she's in the point shop. So down to 3x light build to farm the point mission and farming points on the event map.

[LOZFFVII]

Welp, I tried to be helpful, and you spat in my face.

Welcome to the block list.

You are the first person on my block list. That is certainly an achievement, especially when someone who actually pissed me off never made it onto the list.

Have a nice life being an ungrateful [self-edited] to everyone you meet.

[Marblehead_1]

So far 20 builds. Got Shimakaze and... Chikuma from build. Nice as I can save points. Nothing other. 

 

Finished farming Agir and started Hakuryu. Fun statiscics. I've not focused any of them from start but today I have 99 Hakuryu Blueprints and 21 of Agir 

 

[Pururut]

Completed the event and butchered my oil supply. My hopes for the introduction of Junyous storyline is rekindled once again with Katsuragis additional voiceline for her. Yostar really should give her a beautiful drama together with Akikaze once she is released.

[Zemeritt]

Thx to the mod who cleaned up here

 

New dress skins coming soon, including:

Cheshire (L2D) (Was already shown)

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Exeter:

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With a "Bride" York hinted in the background?

 

Peter Strasser:

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Is this a dress skin or a bride skin? Could count as both.

 

[LOZFFVII]

New Just3c video covers event ships, DD buffs, Azuma Fate Sim and Souryuu META.

 

DD buffs first, the cliffnotes:

• All torpedoes are now aimed when played on auto (yep, looks like I was right on the money, @Zemeritt). They still fire straight ahead on manual.
• Torpedo spread reduction is the least impactful of the DD buffs (looks like you were right on this one, @Zemeritt). It's better for manual players, but won't make much of a difference on auto.
• Aux Gear stat buff is really good for support/hybrid DDs. Eldridge gets more HP to activate her skill with, Ingraham and Stephen Potter get more HP and AA to assist in their support roles, Cooper becomes undisputed ASW queen.
• AoA buff makes all-gun DDs specialised at low oil cost farming. Kitakaze can now output Drake-levels of damage (but is still more squishy).

New ships:

• Shimakaze:
  • Torpedo queen.
  • Top-tier tankiness for a DD.
  • Double torp preload. (lolwut, I didn't even notice)
  • Can outpace Drake for damage, but is about as tanky as Helena Retro.
  • Cross-fleet torp barrage synergizes with NJ.
  • Top pick for dolling out damage, assuming vanguard doesn't get baitsu za dasto.
  • Torpedo queen.
• Chikuma:
  • Barrage skill sounds better than it actually is. Fairly mediocre as CV support.
  • Survivability looks subpar on paper, but with skill she's second only to Azuma for tankiness in IJN vanguard.
  • Actually outstrips Prinz Eugen for tankiness.
  • Recommended for newbies.
• 👁👄👁
  • Barrage can mob clear and deal decent single-target damage.
  • Defensive focus, not as much about damage dealing as other fleet carriers (especially IJN CVs).
  • Good for W12/13, but not recommended over other options. Preferably mob fleet only.
  • Just3c points out her VA is R18 veteran.
• Yura has terrible stats, but some utility in vanguard heal and buffs for IJN DDs. Has a stand and a JJBA reference, so 100% recommended.
• Umikaze has torpedo buffs, but there are better torpedo buffers.
• Yamakaze has niche as ASW specialist for IJN, and has DD torpedo buff. She got the torp spread reduction, so is lacking compared with other ASW specialists (because they get aux gear buff).

Souryuu META:

• DoT focus. Allows her to ignore enemy resistances, but not all that helpful right now.
• Compared with her sister, Hiryuu META is preferred - SouMETA can work as mob clearer, but HirMETA is better at it.

Azuma Fate Simulation:

• Extra 25 luck equates to considerable improvement of effective HP. She now sits just a little behind Aegir/Anchorage in terms of tank.
• Barrage buff means equipping Aegir gun is now preferred over her original gun because of the faster reload (and after I spent resources getting it to +13, too). Now she beats Aegir's damage output by a bit.

[Zemeritt]

34 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

All torpedoes are now aimed when played on auto (yep, looks like I was right on the money, @Zemeritt). They still fire straight ahead on manual.

 

Interesting. Should make auto with torpedo DDs easier.

 

37 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

Torpedo spread reduction is the least impactful of the DD buffs (looks like you were right on this one, @Zemeritt). It's better for manual players, but won't make much of a difference on auto.

 

Yeah, was to be expected. Just reducing the torp spread wont have that much impact.

 

41 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

AoA buff makes all-gun DDs specialised at low oil cost farming. Kitakaze can now output Drake-levels of damage (but is still more squishy).

 

So indeed glass cannons.

 

42 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

Shimakaze:

 

Was to be expected to be the torpedo queen. Although her tankiness is surprising.

 

43 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

Chikuma:

 

Wow, tankier the Eugen? Also interesting that she the opposite from what she seems

 

45 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

👁👄👁

 

Only advatage I see is that she's another solo carrier for IJN, who isn't less effective if not paired with their sister.

 

Regarding the other three: I didn't expect much.

 

47 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

Souryuu META:

 

  I wonder if all ships will get a META in the end

 

49 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

Azuma Fate Simulation:

 

Interesting. Has she only better damage with Ägir's gun or even with her own?

 

 

Regarding Genshin: Is anyone here going to pull for Kokomi on the next banner?

[LOZFFVII]

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

Yeah, was to be expected. Just reducing the torp spread wont have that much impact.

I mean, if the spread was reduced by something more substantial like 30-40%, it would have made an impact.

But it looks more like it was reduced by about 10-20%. Which is not really all that much.

 

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

Although her tankiness is surprising.

Could be a combination of being a UR DD, as well as basing her stats partly on her IRL speed.

Either way, she kinda needed to be a little bit tanky just to make her worth using seriously (although I would have used her regardless).

 

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

Wow, tankier the Eugen? Also interesting that she the opposite from what she seems

I know, right?

It seemed at first like she should have been a fairly weak CA focused on giving buffs to CVs more than herself. Turns out she's a top-tier tank and her CV buffs are not particularly good.

 

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

Only advatage I see is that she's another solo carrier for IJN, who isn't less effective if not paired with their sister.

Yeah, it looks like she's intended to slip into a role as the third wheel to a Shinano/Hakuryuu backline.

She gains buffs from Shinano and gives some support to the rest of an IJN fleet at the same time.

 

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

  I wonder if all ships will get a META in the end

Well, we already know we're getting a Fusou META in the future.

 

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

Interesting. Has she only better damage with Ägir's gun or even with her own?

It's a good question, might be worth asking someone on Reddit?

Thing to note is that the special burn applies to her barrage rather than her guns, so it can still be used even with the Aegir gun.

 

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1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

Regarding Genshin: Is anyone here going to pull for Kokomi on the next banner?

I already have Babs. I don't need 5* Babs.

[WorthyOpponent]

9 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

 

Regarding Genshin: Is anyone here going to pull for Kokomi on the next banner?

I'm going to pull for Xingqui and hope I lose 50/50 to Mona. 

[Panocek]

21 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Regarding Genshin: Is anyone here going to pull for Kokomi on the next banner?

Negative.

 

Both because I'm recovering from Yoimiya/Shogun pulls and I was burned by how Shogun was balanced, around her c2. If any future characters will conveniently require c2 or similar to not be meh, I'll probably skip them as "eye candy" can be usually provided by plethora of arts that will follow new character.

[Zemeritt]

I'll also skip Kokomi. While her design is cute, everything else appears to be bad.

 

 

MOAR skin dresses:

 

Aquila:

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Very classy.

 

Vauquelin:

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Alot of expressions

Although I don't like the dress. She appears even shorter than she already is.

 

And Fortune:

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Nothing to say here. Looks nice, thats all.

 

[Panocek]

Perfect summary of freshly posted "Genshin anniversary event" article:

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https://www.hoyolab.com/article/957762

 

 

 

[Zemeritt]

What?

[LOZFFVII]

1 hour ago, Panocek said:

Perfect summary of freshly posted "Genshin anniversary event" article:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

https://www.hoyolab.com/article/957762

 

 

 

Yeesh, and here I knew I was feeling my interest in the game slip again.

Think I'll stick around until we get Aloy in the mail, then I'm bailing for another half a year.

[WWDragon]

19 hours ago, Panocek said:

Perfect summary of freshly posted "Genshin anniversary event" article:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

https://www.hoyolab.com/article/957762

 

 

 

No offense but this is kinda normal, I mean you seen WOWS anniversary and I play DOAXVV (even if "play" is perhaps a strong word) were we got a SSR ticket and that was about it? Otherwise it was a normal event with the usual meh SSRs with 3.3% odds that is the only thing notable on those events, not even SSR Awakening Crystals or anything of the sort. Also STO anniversary is pretty much "buy our 15000 Zen pack" were giveways been rather meh, I would highlight the free T6 ship except we get one in the Q Winterland that is the Holiday event and they are becoming more common, right now we getting one for playing a current event. I honestly dont recall any game I played that had a good anniversary event in recent time.

[Zemeritt]

Well, that Kokomi story did nothing to change my opinion about her

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Kokomi and Story Spoilers

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Honestly, everything comes to convient to her. Sure, she's overworked, but why the f* does she crap like writing guides on every possible outcome she can think of?

I wonder if they add more story for Watasumi in the next updates. Currently they act like they won the war, but in the end, all they did themselves are fighting it to a standstill.

IIrc, it way Mikos plan, that lead to the abolishment of the vision hunt decree. Why do they act like the won a major victory

Sorry for the vent... Somehow the story writing is really poor this time.

 

[Panocek]

3 hours ago, WWDragon said:

No offense but this is kinda normal, I mean you seen WOWS anniversary and I play DOAXVV (even if "play" is perhaps a strong word) were we got a SSR ticket and that was about it? Otherwise it was a normal event with the usual meh SSRs with 3.3% odds that is the only thing notable on those events, not even SSR Awakening Crystals or anything of the sort. Also STO anniversary is pretty much "buy our 15000 Zen pack" were giveways been rather meh, I would highlight the free T6 ship except we get one in the Q Winterland that is the Holiday event and they are becoming more common, right now we getting one for playing a current event. I honestly dont recall any game I played that had a good anniversary event in recent time.

WoWs gives supercrates, as worthless as they are, they are something on anniversary. Then you have in game collections, missions etc to busy yourself with in game. Arknights, Azur Lane gives free pulls and other in game goodies in not insignificant quantities.

 

Meanwhile Genshin... "do PR work for us - photo/video/cosplay/art contest and you MIGHT win embarrassingly low rewards". 

[Zemeritt]

7 minutes ago, Panocek said:

Meanwhile Genshin... "do PR work for us - photo/video/cosplay/art contest and you MIGHT win embarrassingly low rewards". 

 

Anyone knows how miHoYo did it with Honkai? Were the anniversary awards also that poor there?